exigent
/ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.19 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "2003, Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations, U.S. Department of Defence Article 2 also provides that acts of torture cannot be justified on the grounds of exigent circumstances, such as state of war or public emergency, or on orders from a superior officer or public authority."
- "Theſe Eyes, like Lampes, whoſe waſting Oyle is ſpent, / Waxe dimme, as drawing to their Exigent."
- "Therefore as one complaineth, that always in the Senate of Rome [Cicero 5° de finibus.], there was one or other that called for an interpreter: ſo leſt the Church be driuen to the like exigent, it is neceſſary to haue tranſlations in a readineſſe."
- "[H]is enterprise / Marked out anew, its exigent of wit / Apportioned, she at liberty to sit / And scheme against the next emergence, […]"
- "They also make forthe writs of executions, and of seifin, writs of super seders, for appearance to exigents"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂eǵ-, exigēns
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/
- British English: /ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
allocatur exigent
exigent circumstance